Cycle safety apparatus.



PATENTED AUG. 18," 1903.

A. KIIHN. CYCLE SAFETY APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED DEG. 24, 1902.

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Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT Prion,

ARTHUR KllHN, OF'MAGDE BURG, GERMANY.

CYCLE SAFETY APPARATU SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,409, dated August 18, 1903.

' Application filed December 24, 1902- Serial No. 186,509. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ART UR K'UHN, manufacturer, a subject of the King of Prussia,

German Emperor, residing at 31 Diesdorfer-' an alarm apparatus in connection with cycle,

protection.

It consists of any kind of alarm apparatus which by moving a lever to the right or left This movement is caused by the device itself, so that the ringing takes place automatically when the cycle is moved as well as when an attempt is made to remove the stopping-bar; t

Figure l of the drawings show a part of a cycle and the apparatus fixed on the frame; Fig. 2, the apparatus, in an enlarged size, in section; Fig. 3, in a side view,'the bells removed; and Fig. 4shows thestopping-barand its fastening.

The letter a denotes a fork-bar of a wheel. On this is fixed in a suitable manner -for instance, by means of a clasp b--the pivot c for the fork stopping-bar d, which can be raised from its hanging position, and its hook-like part it grasps the spoke and lies with its free end in the shackle e of the lock. In order to be able to move it to andfro, the bar d is provided with a second hinge f. A look g is fastened, with its shackle,-to the other fork-bar of the wheel. The shackle extends upward to a disk bearing the alarm apparatus. On

the disk a lever his fixed, which swings with its fork-shaped: end ibefore the opening 6 of shackle of the lock. The same grasps the end of-the stopping-bar (Z, which reaches through the opening e, so that a movement of the stopping-bar causes a movement of the lever h.

In the construction, for example, according to the annexed drawings a clockwork-bell is provided, whose clapper 7c is provided with a pin Z. In the path of this pina pin m, fastened on the lever h, swings, and thus arrests the clapper 7.: when the lever 71. is in its middle position. When bar d moves the fork 1 of the lever h to the left or to right, which is caused, for instance, by a spoke touching the bar d, then the clapper It becomes free in its path and the hell 0 rings. By the movement of' the lever h an electric circuit can also be by placing thehand on it, a second bell p is placed over it, which prevents the inside bell o being touched.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- The bell and its clockwork are known and F are only schematically drawn.

The combination, in a cycle, of a rod provided with a hook and a universal joint fastened to the frame, a look, a clockwork fastened to the shackle of said look, a lever provided with a fork grasping the end of said rod and a pin, a clapper having a pin acted by the pin of that lever, and a bell to be struck by said clapper, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR KUHN.

closed and an electrical ringing apparatus set 1n action. 

